# tar vs ter

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### tar
*verb · IPA [ˈt̪aɾ] · frequency rank #27,797*
Variante subestándar de estar.

### ter
*verb · IPA [ˈt̪eɾ] · frequency rank #15,973*
Tener.

## Source
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